Actor Heath Ledger (at left in the photo), nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his part in the film “Brokeback Mountain”, was found dead in his apartment today.
He was only 28 years old.
Foul play is not suspected, and pills were found near his body.
Ledger also appeared and/or starred in “A Knight’s Tale”, “The Brothers [...]
Archive for January 22nd, 2008
Heath Ledger is dead
Posted in People in the news, celebrities, obituaries, tagged Best Actor, Brokeback Mountain, death, drugs, foul play, Heath Ledger, Lords of Dogtown, Monsters ball, Oscar, overdose, pills, The Brothers Grimm, The Patriot on January 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Killer in Pamela Smart case seeks sentence reduction
Posted in Courts & Justice System, Law, People in the news, crime, law enforcement, media, prisons, torture, unusual behaviors, tagged abuse, affair, Bill Flynn, burglary, childhood, dog, Douglas Gray, Gregory Smart, guilt, guns, Halen, hanging judge, Hurricane Katrina, Jaycees, Kairos, kill, knife, life sentence, murder, NAACP, New Hampshire, Pamela Smart, parole, recidivism, rehabilitation, Salvation Army, school, sentence reduction, shame, Shih-Tsu, student, teacher, Toys for Tots, William Flynn on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The gunman in the case of Pamela Smart has requested a sentence reduction.
To recap, Pamela Smart was a teacher who had an affair with a troubled 15-year-old student. She convinced the student and his friends to kill her husband of less than one year, claiming that he was extremely abuse when in fact she [...]
Too funny to not post
Posted in Entertainment, Shine on you crazy diamond, celebrities, humor, insanetertainment, music, tagged Bernie Taupin, Elton John, Rocket Man, Star Trek, William Shatner on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
William Shatner performing “Rocket Man” at the 1976 Science Fiction Film Awards.